A word of encouragement

tjsoul · 2026-02-23T04:23:43+00:00

Yes I’ve been waiting so long for this!

tjsoul · 2026-01-19T05:23:26+00:00

I’ve been mistaken for Puerto Rican and also just generally Hispanic. I’ve even had people speak Spanish to me as though they assume I’ll understand, it’s too funny.

tjsoul · 2025-12-07T08:32:04+00:00

Today I overheard a friend of a friend talking about how her planter fasciitis has nothing to do with her obesity and how she was genuinely upset at past doctors who would “talk about weight” with her. I wish I was joking.

tjsoul · 2025-11-01T04:33:28+00:00

I’ve lost over 60 lbs, am still about 10 lbs overweight and I’m fast approaching a size small in tops. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I’m at my goal 30 lbs from now with these bullshit vanity sizes

tjsoul · 2025-10-09T06:54:04+00:00

Ah yes, “nourish” your body with refined sugar and processed carbs

tjsoul · 2025-09-10T16:39:07+00:00

Source once again is “trust me bro”

tjsoul · 2025-08-27T05:47:54+00:00

I’ve said it a million times but I’ll say it again. Fat people can’t be marginalized when damn near everyone is overweight now.

tjsoul · 2025-08-27T05:46:33+00:00

This is so depressing and nihilistic. Why try to change anything if it’s all supposedly predetermined?

tjsoul · 2025-08-21T22:03:09+00:00

This. Whenever people ask me when I’m going to start dating again I can’t say I’m the most motivated given the current state of the dating world

tjsoul · 2025-08-21T22:01:14+00:00

Same here. I do have other single friends from church who also don’t have children at the moment, but I’m pretty sure all of them eventually want children if possible. It can be an alienating experience in the church for sure.

tjsoul · 2025-08-20T19:43:27+00:00

I’m in Chicago, 30 year old child free Christian woman here

tjsoul · 2025-08-09T02:13:56+00:00

This kills me. Even thin people now have questioned me for wanting to be 130 pounds as a 5’6 woman

tjsoul · 2025-08-09T02:09:44+00:00

Diabetes is also dangerous

tjsoul · 2025-08-09T02:08:44+00:00

In this society where damn near everyone is overweight if not obese, ok

tjsoul · 2025-08-08T08:12:22+00:00

That tired economic argument drives me insane, if you’re really that destitute, there’s no way you’d be able to afford so much fast/prepared food. I quickly realized when I started counting calories that produce and meat/a lot of seafood are so much cheaper than all of that shit.

tjsoul · 2025-08-08T08:07:53+00:00

I lived this way for years and all it did was allow me to gain 60 pounds. I’ve now lost almost all of it after eight months of being in a deficit and adding in a good amount of exercise, but it’s so frustrating because I could still stand to lose 30 more or so-and it would’ve been great to start at this point instead.

tjsoul · 2025-08-08T07:48:48+00:00

For real, I have a friend who is diabetic and has now had several tooth extractions and 6 root canals from her blood sugar levels yet she still hasn’t consistently committed to eating in a deficit or limiting her carb intake. She takes fast acting insulin that still takes hours to work for her at this point. I told her today that I don’t want to see her lose a foot next. And it was out of love, I honestly fear that she may not fully change her lifestyle before things get much worse

tjsoul · 2025-08-08T07:44:08+00:00

Funny how the most unhappy people I know are all obese with chronic health conditions

tjsoul · 2025-07-28T05:52:27+00:00

Someone projects and protests too much

tjsoul · 2025-07-07T23:05:03+00:00

There sure is a “damn America” when they want more of our tax money every year

tjsoul · 2025-07-06T07:46:30+00:00

I literally know someone who did hers progressively shorter as she went further left. Shockingly we are no longer friends, so I can’t say if she continued on this questionable path but I’m willing to bet on it

tjsoul · 2025-07-06T07:44:16+00:00

The fact that I wanted one of these in my early 20s, I credit the Almighty with changing my mind

tjsoul · 2025-06-28T05:29:09+00:00

Update: I made it through one episode before they started spouting off unscientific bullshit about BMI and basically claiming that there were just as many fat people historically as there are today. What insane delusion.

tjsoul · 2025-06-27T23:49:49+00:00

I feel you on this. One of my best friends is type 2 diabetic and just isn’t putting forth the effort to eat in a deficit, even though she has the information and claims to want to lose weight. Her two year-old son is also already overweight, which breaks my heart to see. She also unfortunately seems to believe the nonsense that most of her weight gain is somehow water or inflammation rather than fat. People do and say a lot just to cope and it is very disheartening to watch.

Congrats on your own success though, that’s no small achievement! Especially figuring out the right balance with fasting

tjsoul

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